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OVERVIEW BUSINESS REVIEW GROUP FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS PARENT COMPANY
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS USEFUL INFORMATION
Great Hotels Guests Love is a guide
to our actions and our way of doing
business. It puts our guests at the
heart of everything we do.
2008 was a challenging but good year
for IHG. This Report presents a full
review of our business endeavours
over the last year and our approach
to the future.
5BUSINESS REVIEW
6Business overview
8Strategy
10 Group performance
12 Regional performance
18 Other financial information
20 Our people
23 Corporate responsibility
25 Managing risk
1OVERVIEW
2Chairman’s statement
3Chief Executive’s review
4The IHG brands
29 THE BOARD, SENIOR MANAGEMENT
AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES
30 The Board of Directors
31 Other members of the Executive Committee
32 Directors’ report
35 Corporate governance
39 Audit Committee report
40 Remuneration report
101 USEFUL INFORMATION
102 Glossary
103 Shareholder profiles and Forward-looking statements
104 Investor information
105 Financial calendar and Contacts
95 PARENT COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
96 Parent company balance sheet
97 Notes to the parent company financial statements
99 Statement of Directors’ responsibilities
100 Independent auditor’s report to the members
49 GROUP FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
50 Statements of Directors’ responsibilities
51 Independent auditor’s report to the members
52 Group income statement
53 Group statement of recognised income and expense
54 Group cash flow statement
55 Group balance sheet
56 Accounting policies
61 Notes to the Group financial statements
OVERVIEW BUSINESS REVIEW
THE BOARD, SENIOR
MANAGEMENT AND
THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES GROUP FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS PARENT COMPANY
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS USEFUL INFORMATION
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Welcome to IHG